Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
It is He Who expelled the disbelievers among
the People given the Book(s) from their homes, for their first gathering;
you did not expect them to leave, whereas they assumed that their fortresses
would save them from Allah, so Allah's command came to them from a place
they had not imagined; and He instilled awe in their hearts, so they ruin
their own houses by their own hands and at the hands of the Muslims; therefore
learn a lesson, O those who can perceive!
Yusuf Ali:
It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them from quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!
Pickthal:
He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who disbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye deemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from a place whereof they recked not, and cast terror in their hearts so that they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes!
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